Techworld: Virtual Iron Launches VMware Competitor

Oct 12, 2006, 15:00 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Manek Dubash)

"Virtual Iron has launched version 3.0 of its virtualisation software, aimed directly against VMware.

"Based on the open-source Xen hypervisor, which manages hardware resources, Virtual Iron 3.0 requires Intel or AMD's processor-based virtualisation support to create the necessary abstraction layer between physical hardware and virtual resources--although the company said support for the AMD technology is 'experimental...'"

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